Starch Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Starch

Learn about the word Starch to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Starch definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Starch

Starch Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Starch? [n] a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles [v] stiffen with starch; "starch clothes" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Starch: amylum Related Terms \| Find terms related to Starch: See Also \| amyloid \| arrowroot \| arum \| cassava \| cassava starch \| cornflour \| cornstarch \| manioc \| manioca \| Otaheite arrowroot \| polyose \| polysaccharide \| sago \| stiffen Starch In Webster's Dictionary \Starch\, a. [AS. stearc stark, strong, rough. See {Stark}.] Stiff; precise; rigid. [R.] --Killingbeck. \Starch\, n. [From starch stiff, cf. G. st["a]rke, fr. stark strong.] 1. (Chem.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc. Note: Starch is a carbohydrate, being the typical amylose, {C6H10O5}, and is detected by the fine blue color given to it by free iodine. It is not fermentable as such, but is changed by diastase into dextrin and maltose, and by heating with dilute acids into dextrose. Cf. {Sugar}, {Inulin}, and {Lichenin}. 2. Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. --Addison. {Starch hyacinth} (Bot.), the grape hyacinth; -- so called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. See under {Grape}. \Starch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Starching}.] To stiffen with starch.

Starch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Starch?

[n] a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
[v] stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Starch: amylum

Related Terms | Find terms related to Starch:

Starch In Webster's Dictionary

\Starch\, a. [AS. stearc stark, strong, rough. See
{Stark}.]
Stiff; precise; rigid. [R.] --Killingbeck.


\Starch\, n. [From starch stiff, cf. G. st["a]rke, fr.
stark strong.]
1. (Chem.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found
   especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as
   from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening,
   granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and
   giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between
   the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of
   commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries,
   in making paste, etc.

Note: Starch is a carbohydrate, being the typical amylose,
      {C6H10O5}, and is detected by the fine blue color given
      to it by free iodine. It is not fermentable as such,
      but is changed by diastase into dextrin and maltose,
      and by heating with dilute acids into dextrose. Cf.
      {Sugar}, {Inulin}, and {Lichenin}.

2. Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. --Addison.

{Starch hyacinth} (Bot.), the grape hyacinth; -- so called
   because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. See
   under {Grape}.


\Starch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Starching}.]
To stiffen with starch.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Toque ‐ a small round woman's hat [n] a tall white hat with a pouched…
Dinge ‐ make dingy [v] make a dent or impression in; "dinge a…
Wind ‐ the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock…
Hogan ‐ a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the…
Oleander fern ‐ tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found…
Roughshod ‐ unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed…
Fine-tooth comb ‐ a method of examining in minute detail; "he went over the contract…
Noose ‐ a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds…
Writ of right ‐ a writ ordering that land be restored to its…
Winged ‐ very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet" [adj] having or…